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yes he will have trouble on the left but i can tell you from the people i talk to, if the obama administration thinks that summers will squkate through wi republicans, they are mistaken. the fed is highly unpopular among republicans. they are going to make that very clear to larry summers. and if you want -- if you want a strong fed chairman who will continue as i think the fed should monetary easing, i think having a weakened fed chairman after a bruising confirmation hearing is not the way to do it. >> jim, you're an fan of larry summers in this role. i see that. but what damage might he do? what is the real problem? >> well, first of all, so let's say we get by the confirmation hearing and he is the fed chairman? maybe ed's right. maybe he would continue the extraordinary measures. there is confidence for the measures. i think it would be a fantastic choice would be christina roemer who both has some washington experience. christina roemer is like the democratic bernanke. she is a depression expert. she understands we need to close the output gap of do domestic product. she would be a great
yes he will have trouble on the left but i can tell you from the people i talk to, if the obama administration thinks that summers will squkate through wi republicans, they are mistaken. the fed is highly unpopular among republicans. they are going to make that very clear to larry summers. and if you want -- if you want a strong fed chairman who will continue as i think the fed should monetary easing, i think having a weakened fed chairman after a bruising confirmation hearing is not the way to...
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this has been an obama administration priority in terms of reshoring. and i think this is a real demonstration of not just global companies looking at the u.s., as the best risk adjusted return on investment. the best destination for the capital, but u.s. firms continuing to reassess the situation and looking at the u.s. market, which is not just for domestic, for b to b, b to c plays but for us as an export platform as well. >> we mentioned the u.s. is getting much cheaper energy. that's a big competitive advantage compared to cost of energy in europe. how much is the rising wage levels in what has been low cost centers also having a plan. what are the biggest factors for that reshoring. >> i think there is certainly wage levels are rising in other parts of the world and makes the u.s. seem even more attractive. but it is not just wages. it is that energy cost, it is the transportation cost. listen, u.s. companies, global companies that have been manufacturing abroad to serve the u.s. market are increasingly seeing it makes more sense to do that manufa
this has been an obama administration priority in terms of reshoring. and i think this is a real demonstration of not just global companies looking at the u.s., as the best risk adjusted return on investment. the best destination for the capital, but u.s. firms continuing to reassess the situation and looking at the u.s. market, which is not just for domestic, for b to b, b to c plays but for us as an export platform as well. >> we mentioned the u.s. is getting much cheaper energy. that's...
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the obama administration opposes delaying the individual mandate that would require most americans to have health insurance. both sides seem to agree on delaying the employer mandate for a year. >>> michael jackson's mother katherine may soon tell jurors about her famous song. the wrong of the death trial is reaching its halfway mark. 83-year-old katherine jackson sat on the front row of the los angeles courtroom almost every one of the 46 days of testimony. she has shed some tears, sometimes laughing, and last week shouted out the name of one of her son's movies when a witness could not remember it. >>> the trial of infamous ex-goldman sachs trader fabrice "fabulous fab" torre starts tomorrow. a former s.e.c. attorney says it could be a rare opportunity to punish somebody with the housing bubble that almost sank the economy years ago. >>> the world is watching and waiting for the royal baby. katherine duchess of cambridge is expected to give birth any day now. they are waiting to find out if it's a boy or girl. some clues have people thinking the baby will be a princess. we have to w
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president obama is urging very measured words today using i should say very measured words today and actually commended -- commented on the trayvon martin case before, hasn't he? >> yeah, absolutely, don. at first, the administration told cnn that the president would not comment on the zimmerman case but a change of heart and received that statement today. but the last time the president spoke about this case, he received quite a bit of pushback from people saying that the comments created a bit of a divide. here's the statement that we are talking about. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. a and, you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves and we'll get to the bottom to exactly what happened. >> all right. well, the president's approach different this time in that he is not speaking to the cameras about this case. and we likely will only get this statement that you read at the top there, don. during the trial, the president did not weigh in and when the administration was asked to resp
president obama is urging very measured words today using i should say very measured words today and actually commended -- commented on the trayvon martin case before, hasn't he? >> yeah, absolutely, don. at first, the administration told cnn that the president would not comment on the zimmerman case but a change of heart and received that statement today. but the last time the president spoke about this case, he received quite a bit of pushback from people saying that the comments...
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any comment from the obama administration? >> reporter: well, i will tell you, victor, pamela, so far all is quiet here in washington, d.c., no comment from the white house, and no comment so far from the state department on both venezuela and nicaragua's offer of asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. now, the president is spending the holiday weekend at camp david but it's likely going to be a working vacation. and he's likely following these latest developments. now, these two countries making statements on the same day it appears to show a sort of united front against the united states. several leaders in latin america, they were angered after recent incident where the president of bolivia's plane was not allowed through european airspace this week, and because that was simply because of suspicions that snowden may be on board that plane, so they had no clear path to their destination. they were forced to land until it was confirmed that snowden actually was not on board. but, of course, that angered bolivia's president. the
any comment from the obama administration? >> reporter: well, i will tell you, victor, pamela, so far all is quiet here in washington, d.c., no comment from the white house, and no comment so far from the state department on both venezuela and nicaragua's offer of asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. now, the president is spending the holiday weekend at camp david but it's likely going to be a working vacation. and he's likely following these latest developments. now, these two countries...
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administration. the head of russia's parliament came out with a tweet and said he think it is a wonderful idea for him to go to venezuela and he said, quote, that snowden couldn't live inside the airport lounge, so they're fairly keen to have him move on. a lot of people believe that this is really weighing on the putined administration. at the beginning it looked good for putin to have snowden here for a little while, it would show a little bit of defiance to the u.s. but wouldn't antagonize the u.s. that much. however, the longer this is dragging you on, it's becoming more difficult. putin cannot hand snowden over to the u.s. because he would be humiliated in russia but on the other hand he doesn't want to destroy ties with america and it's becoming difficult and it stands to reason that the russians are hoping that he'll soon be on a flight to venezuela. >> frederik pleitgen, keep us posted from mouscow. >>> 30 people in egypt are dead and over 1,000 wounded in clashes between supporters and oppon
administration. the head of russia's parliament came out with a tweet and said he think it is a wonderful idea for him to go to venezuela and he said, quote, that snowden couldn't live inside the airport lounge, so they're fairly keen to have him move on. a lot of people believe that this is really weighing on the putined administration. at the beginning it looked good for putin to have snowden here for a little while, it would show a little bit of defiance to the u.s. but wouldn't antagonize...
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any comment from the obama administration? >> pam and victor, so far all is quiet here in washington. no comment coming from the white house and no comment from the state department on both countries' offer of asylum to edward snowden. the president is spenti inspend weekend at camp david, but it is likely a working vacation and he is likely following these latest developments. pam? victor? >> u.s. officials, they really can't be shocked by this, although there is, in name, new leadership in venezuela. venezuela has always been an adversary to the u.s., right? >> well, as fred mentioned here, you know, does this mean that he's scot-free? will he make his way to venezuela? this is what we can tell you. it's his best option at this point, but whether it's venezuela or nicaragua, it becomes -- that becomes snowden's safe haven, the united states has had a rocky, rocky relationship with both countries because both latin american countries of their relationship with iran. we know that either way you slice it, the united states will
any comment from the obama administration? >> pam and victor, so far all is quiet here in washington. no comment coming from the white house and no comment from the state department on both countries' offer of asylum to edward snowden. the president is spenti inspend weekend at camp david, but it is likely a working vacation and he is likely following these latest developments. pam? victor? >> u.s. officials, they really can't be shocked by this, although there is, in name, new...
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expose stuff and the article on the front page was that the obama administration says that one time this nsa spying was really helpful. i mean,hat's the arm.-- that's the article. it's unbelievable. so i think that, yeah, a lot of the corporate media, he showed his graph where the media is now owned by five companies. maybe it's two now. and i think they're responsible for a lot of this mischaracterization. things that come up in these cases, that people are stealing data and stealing, you know, legally has an intent to deprive. when you are copying information, there is no intent to deprive the owner of it. these are gray areas, nuances, they're subtle and complicated but that's where we are now. you know, is this the same as taking your laptop and not letting you have it? no. i think the subtlety is important and i think the media is generally missing it, and missing it in favor of kind of corporations and the government. >> or they only report on it for two weeks and you know, then, an opportunity is lost. that's what i'm afraid is going to happen on the surveillance stuff. it needs t
expose stuff and the article on the front page was that the obama administration says that one time this nsa spying was really helpful. i mean,hat's the arm.-- that's the article. it's unbelievable. so i think that, yeah, a lot of the corporate media, he showed his graph where the media is now owned by five companies. maybe it's two now. and i think they're responsible for a lot of this mischaracterization. things that come up in these cases, that people are stealing data and stealing, you...
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in 45 minutes, we will talk about the obama administration's one-year delay of the employer mandate portion of the health care law. and a discussion on immigration legislation and other items on the congressional agenda. later, a conversation about the national center for education statistics and the education of young children. of nuclear options. we'd like your opinion on this story. here are the numbers to call.
in 45 minutes, we will talk about the obama administration's one-year delay of the employer mandate portion of the health care law. and a discussion on immigration legislation and other items on the congressional agenda. later, a conversation about the national center for education statistics and the education of young children. of nuclear options. we'd like your opinion on this story. here are the numbers to call.
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the obama administration don't want to read it it made a mistake -- made ao admit they mistake. if they do, they will have to pull back the money they are giving the muslim brotherhood, but they do not want to do that. they want to support them. i did not think we ought to be supporting them anyway. over there.they do that is the way it is. times""the washington -- here is what the white house folks -- white house press secretary had to say of the issue of money to egypt. the timel take necessary to review what has taken place and monitor efforts by the egyptian authorities to include a democratic way forward. as we do, we will review our requirements under the law and do so consistent with the policy objectives. yesterdaycarney talking about the money and whether or not like some have said we should stop the money to egypt call it a coup. naperville, illinois. independent calller. what do you think? i wanted to ask and say missed thethe u.s. ball. they should have been more helpful to the democratic election -- the democratic government. there are other countries that have more
the obama administration don't want to read it it made a mistake -- made ao admit they mistake. if they do, they will have to pull back the money they are giving the muslim brotherhood, but they do not want to do that. they want to support them. i did not think we ought to be supporting them anyway. over there.they do that is the way it is. times""the washington -- here is what the white house folks -- white house press secretary had to say of the issue of money to egypt. the timel...
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are you going to be as equally committed to the number of the obama administration as you were a member of the bush administration to be that independent voice where you feel that is the appropriate course of action? >> i am. thatr all the differences overbeen discussed here enhanced interrogation, my impression is that the counterterrorism policies of the obama administration in large tot bear a lot of similarity the counterterrorism policies of the bush administration. would you agree with that? >> they had this in creating metadata. it is to kill members of al qaeda. there seems to be a lot of continuity with some notable differences. i do have a question about the enhanced interrogation techniques you talked about earlier. you said there were three questions. one is was it effective? was it legal? that is a question for the office of legal counsel. then there was the prudential question about should we be doing this stuff. i think you made clear on the third issue you thought we should not. does that apply to all of the interrogation techniques that were used to interrogate members
are you going to be as equally committed to the number of the obama administration as you were a member of the bush administration to be that independent voice where you feel that is the appropriate course of action? >> i am. thatr all the differences overbeen discussed here enhanced interrogation, my impression is that the counterterrorism policies of the obama administration in large tot bear a lot of similarity the counterterrorism policies of the bush administration. would you agree...
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already the obama administration has requested $3.40 billion in the well in assistance for afghanistan in 2014, more than it has requested for any other nation, bringing total aid to about $20 billion. before congress approves additional funding, we need to know that the afghan government is serious about holding credible elections in april 2014, and of holding the reform commitments it made in tokyo last year. congress also needs to hear from the obama administration about how it -- about serious problems raised for afghanistan reconstruction. many of our programs have raise quality of life for many afghans, but some of them are ironically working against our collective interest. i am baffled that the pentagon purchased about $800 million worth of aircraft, including 30 russian helicopters when the afghan air unit lacks basic capacity to operate them. i am skeptical about some of our programs relating to counter narcotics and rule of law efforts in afghanistan. as we brought down in afghanistan and move to third- party monitoring aversive billion assistance program, this committee wan
already the obama administration has requested $3.40 billion in the well in assistance for afghanistan in 2014, more than it has requested for any other nation, bringing total aid to about $20 billion. before congress approves additional funding, we need to know that the afghan government is serious about holding credible elections in april 2014, and of holding the reform commitments it made in tokyo last year. congress also needs to hear from the obama administration about how it -- about...
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buildit was beginning to a civilian response corporation, the obama administration came in. under review, the department to the good stuff of renaming it the conflict and operations bureau. for budgetary and perhaps other reasons, they decided to take apart the civilian response corporation. butonce numbered over 1000 i is now reduced to a handful. withll have to staff this contractors. we're not prepared to staff this with professionals anymore than we were 10 years ago. that is the problem. experience has shown we need dedicated civilian professionals to conduct these stabilization operations well. we come in.e since the war in afghanistan, as we draw down, the military is putting together smaller numbers for stability operations but they have the ability to ramp up. we do not have something equivalent on the civilian side. we have not had that sense usaid was taken apart after the vietnam war. this is the first step to reestablishing civilian capacity. the initial cost is insignificant, $25 million. you can put together a staff of 125 professionals for contingency operati
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the obama administration has never prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles or other protected bird species shielding the industry from liability and helping keeping the scope of the deaths secret asoareding to an associated press investigation. as a matter of fact, to show you how the administration is being very discriminatory in the prosecution of these acts, british petroleum was fined $100 million for killing migratory birds in the gulf oil spill. exxonmobil was fined $600,000 for killing 5 birds. pacific corps was fined $10.5 million. a utility in wyoming was fined $100,000 for killing one eagle. and i could go on and on and on. but more than 573,000 birds were killed by the country's wind farms last year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles according to an estimate published in the peer review "wildlife society." we now this administration is getting the reputation of deciding what federal laws it's going to enforce and which ones it's not going to enforce and now they are deciding that we re going to prosecute on endangered species act, eagle pro
the obama administration has never prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles or other protected bird species shielding the industry from liability and helping keeping the scope of the deaths secret asoareding to an associated press investigation. as a matter of fact, to show you how the administration is being very discriminatory in the prosecution of these acts, british petroleum was fined $100 million for killing migratory birds in the gulf oil spill. exxonmobil was fined $600,000 for killing...
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talk with congressman tom price of order about the obama administration's portion of the health-care law. then the tennessee congressman joins us to discuss immigration legislation and other items on the congressional agenda. we will discuss early education priorities. plus your phone calls and e- mails each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. vital thatsolutely we identify our enemy correctly. because it is very, very hard to find someone that you do not identify correctly. these attacks on our homeland and other such as the 2005 london bombing have been connected by a common motivation and a singular purpose. the underwear bomber, the times square attempt, the tsarnaev brothers, major assange, who announced that for good that he was killing in the name of allah. the murder of free, innocent people who they regard as infidels in order to accomplish their goal. >> let me speak about social media and the old adage that you cannot establish a relationship during a crisis. we have a significant budget is significant presence on social media. we have engaged not only in a one-way com
talk with congressman tom price of order about the obama administration's portion of the health-care law. then the tennessee congressman joins us to discuss immigration legislation and other items on the congressional agenda. we will discuss early education priorities. plus your phone calls and e- mails each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. vital thatsolutely we identify our enemy correctly. because it is very, very hard to find someone that you do not identify correctly. these attacks...
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i like to thank president obama and his administration, particularly the dhs and the department of justice for the assistance that boston received before, after, and during this event. the funding set a framework for multiple jurisdictions to work with one another in a highly effective manner. these agencies included "urban shield" training and collaborating on sunday -- scenarios that are similar. this associate in the efficiency and success of the subsequent investigation. this type of procedures reveal operational issues and allow us to correct them. there were also highly trained and was in the boston intelligence center that were critical decision-making and deployment of information flow. boston received important technology that would not have been possible without federal funding. vehicles and robots -- contribute to the safety of public officers and the success of the investigation. all agencies and trainees work as soon as he as possible on the ground. it is clear that there is a need for an improvement in information sharing. policies and practices for information and intelligen
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the house subcommittee holds a hearing on the obama administration's recent decision to delay the employer mandate. is that 10:00 a.m.. -- that is at 10:00 a.m. at 2:30 eastern time, the senate agricultural committee will talk about the chinese company purchase of smithfield food. >> the problem was that darwin hisnot understand that theory, natural selection could never have worked. that being a black cat provides you with big advantages. theory, theing black cat, when mixed with a white cat, you get a great cat. if you mix it with another white cat, you get a paler shade of gray. and astrophysicist explores the work of five scientists and the mistakes that they made on their way to achievement. two -- 2. bowen testified before a senate affairs committee for a little more than an hour and a half. >> the committee will come to order. after recognizing myself and the ,anking member for five minutes seekingecognize members recognition for one minute. we thank the gentlemen for being here. your written statements will be made part of the record. members will have five days to insert statement
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administration. it is a difficult path for and eight republican with a national profile to try and tell them what to do. i feel every time i talk to a house republican, they are mostly listened to their constituents back, and their fellow members. host: we will be covering the george w. bush speech on immigration here on c-span. go to our website, c-span.org, for more details. to orashington post"added lapage says -- -- editorial page says -- do the politics of this play into this discussion at all? either from leadership or the rank and file? guest: absolutely, is more a political question right now than it is policy. the members of the house don't want to be told what to do by the senate regardless of what the senate is doing and what the topic is. before you get to the problematic issue of a little brother will not follow the older brothers point of view. the politics of this are really critical. there are members inside the house republican caucus who would like to see more immigration in the cou
administration. it is a difficult path for and eight republican with a national profile to try and tell them what to do. i feel every time i talk to a house republican, they are mostly listened to their constituents back, and their fellow members. host: we will be covering the george w. bush speech on immigration here on c-span. go to our website, c-span.org, for more details. to orashington post"added lapage says -- -- editorial page says -- do the politics of this play into this...
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it spurred a response from the obama administration. i think by the end of it he was wear and i don't think he's excited to run down and do that again anytime soon. but it was a great opportunity and i think a lesson for a lot of people. and one of the roles of the senate is talking, getting people involved, getting people to think about issue that is they may not have thought about before. >> if i could just comment, to meet the glory of the senate are the people like rand paul. i remember when senator william approximate mire left the senate. he had singlehandedly stopped a project called the sst and he had done it by talking. it is something that the house has no rule that allows people to talk. only the senate has a rule that allows people to talk. and if you get rid of that, to me you have gotten rid of the senate. >> i would just add, it's not just talking, right. we've already seen the restriction in your ability to propose amendments, germane or otherwise on the floor. that's going to continue even more if they get rid of the fi
it spurred a response from the obama administration. i think by the end of it he was wear and i don't think he's excited to run down and do that again anytime soon. but it was a great opportunity and i think a lesson for a lot of people. and one of the roles of the senate is talking, getting people involved, getting people to think about issue that is they may not have thought about before. >> if i could just comment, to meet the glory of the senate are the people like rand paul. i...
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you going to be as equally committed as a member of the obama administration as you were as a member of the bush administration to go against the grain and to be that independent voice for you feel that that is the appropriate course of action? >> yes, i am. >> and for all the differences that have been discussed here over enhanced interrogation, my impression is that the counter terrorism policies of the obama administration, in large part, bear a lot of similarity to a counter-terrorism policies of the bush administration. would you agree with that? >> at think that's fair. >> the foreign intelligence court, the national security agency role in collecting met a data, their use of unmanned aerial vehicles to kill terrorists, members of al qaeda. there seems to be a lot of continuity here with some notable differences. i do have a question about the enhanced interrogation techniques that you talked about earlier. as i understood you said there were three questions. effective, which is a question for the intelligence agencies. secondly, legal, which is a question for the office of leg
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the obama administration has threatened to veto the measure in its current form citing cuts to green energy programs including a 73% cut to the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy. >>> well, vice president biden today is in prescott, arizona, where he's attending a memorial service for the 19 firefighters who died fighting fires at the end of june on the mountainside of yarnell hill located northwest of phoenix. you can see live coverage of the entire service on our companion network, c-span3. it gets under way at around 1:45 eastern. >>> right now at our web site, c-span.org, you can see a live feed from the floor of the texas house of representatives where members are holding a special session as texas republicans continue their efforts to pass legislation that would place further restrictions on abortions. the bill failed to pass last month in the senate after it was filibustered for 13 hours by democratic state senator wendy davis who received support from president obama via twitter. >>> and back on capitol hill, the senate judiciary committee hearing -- held a hear
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and obama administration officials. they're previewing the upcoming g20 summit that takes place in st. petersburg, russia, in september. live coverage underway right now here on c-span2. >> so we don't disrupt the speakers. we have started a tradition of doing events like this ahead of these big summits. the g20 is the biggest of them all in the world in the area i work on. it will be held just after labor day in st. petersburg, russia, and we normally would do this two or three weeks out, but because of the summer holidays and everything, we thought we'd get an early start. so we are delighted to have a terrific lineup of speakers today which we'll get started with in just one second. we'll have, after our two keynote speakers, the russian ambassador and the u.s. sherpa, we will have two panels, one an expert panel and then a very short break, and then we're going to have a senior sherpa perspective on the g20 summit and the agenda thereon. so with no further ado, let me introduce dr. john hamre, president and ceo of c
and obama administration officials. they're previewing the upcoming g20 summit that takes place in st. petersburg, russia, in september. live coverage underway right now here on c-span2. >> so we don't disrupt the speakers. we have started a tradition of doing events like this ahead of these big summits. the g20 is the biggest of them all in the world in the area i work on. it will be held just after labor day in st. petersburg, russia, and we normally would do this two or three weeks...
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. >> a house subcommittee held a hearing on the obama administration's decision to delay the implementation of the employer mandate provision in the health care law. here's part of the hearing with texas congressman sam johnson. >> i will tell you that i hate to see a dictatorship come into this country, and it seems like that is what is happening with health care. he made many concerns with the federal government and our budget. the criticism was that there was over 1.8 billion in spending and many were budget gimmicks that claim that the class that would raise $80 billion and it was fiscally unsustainable and congress repealed it. 1099 reporting requirement is $22 billion in congress repealed out that both the house and senate have voted to repeal the medical device tax because it is costing jobs and hurting medical innovation. that raised over 30 million. now the employer mandate is delayed at least 10 million in 2014 alone in penalties. as you point out, this never goes into effect. that is another 140 billion. there will be more arrows in subsidies to the cost of obamacare is just goin
. >> a house subcommittee held a hearing on the obama administration's decision to delay the implementation of the employer mandate provision in the health care law. here's part of the hearing with texas congressman sam johnson. >> i will tell you that i hate to see a dictatorship come into this country, and it seems like that is what is happening with health care. he made many concerns with the federal government and our budget. the criticism was that there was over 1.8 billion in...
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the obama administration has requested over $400 million in funding and nearly 2,000 bureaucrats for the i.r.s. to implement the individual mandate and 46 other statutory provisions. the blizzard of obamacare rules and regulations continues. regulators have now written over 20,000 pages of obamacare-related rules and notices in the federal register. in just this last week, another 606 pages of new regulations were released that were designed to assist in implementing this massive law. it's no wonder the public outcry from employers was so loudly opposed to the employer mandate. american families are also struggling to understand how this complex, burdensome law will affect them. it is critical that the president and his administration listen to the american people and permanently delay this law. and i would add, madam president, if you look at the impact on the economy, not only is this about higher premiums for middle-class families in this country, not only is it about higher taxes that are going to be imposed upon medical device manufacturers, on health insurance plans, pharmaceut
the obama administration has requested over $400 million in funding and nearly 2,000 bureaucrats for the i.r.s. to implement the individual mandate and 46 other statutory provisions. the blizzard of obamacare rules and regulations continues. regulators have now written over 20,000 pages of obamacare-related rules and notices in the federal register. in just this last week, another 606 pages of new regulations were released that were designed to assist in implementing this massive law. it's no...
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now, some of this goes back to be fair to before president obama. hassan was being evaluated in the military, also during the bush administration. where there was a similar kind of reluctant. and i think it would be very helpful and very healthy if the hasan situation were described correctly, and it would leave us with law enforcement officers and intelligence agents having correct sense that -- which is very, very difficult but we want them to understand they're protecting us from bombings, not protecting us from possibly making a few mistakes about how you classify people. >> thank you, mayor, very much. i ask the chair's indulgence. i want to raise two questions and my clock was ticking but that was an important clarification and i would indicate to you, mr. mayor, many civilians were impacted at fort hood and i champion the cause it was in no way work-place violence. it was after the fact noted and those officers who were the supervisors of major hasan should have detected the erratic behavior. i call that connecting the dots and i argue vigoro
now, some of this goes back to be fair to before president obama. hassan was being evaluated in the military, also during the bush administration. where there was a similar kind of reluctant. and i think it would be very helpful and very healthy if the hasan situation were described correctly, and it would leave us with law enforcement officers and intelligence agents having correct sense that -- which is very, very difficult but we want them to understand they're protecting us from bombings,...
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administration says that one time, this nsa spying was really helpful. that's the article. it is unbelievable. so i think, yeah, a lot of corporate media, avi showed his graph the media is owned by five companies. >> [inaudible] >> five years ago. >> so yeah, i think they are responsible for a lot of this mischaracterization. things that come up in these cases are, that people are stealing data and stealing, you know, legally has, as an intent to deprive. when you're copying information there is no intent to deprive the owner of it. these are gray areas and they're nuances and they're subtle and they're complicated but that's where we are now. you know, is this same as taking your laptop and not letting you have it? you know, no. i think subtlety is important and i think the media's generally missing it and missing it in favor of kind of corporations and the government. >> or they only report on it for two weeks and then, you know, an opportunity is lost. that's what i'm afraid is going to happen with this surveillance stuff, that you know, it needs to b
administration says that one time, this nsa spying was really helpful. that's the article. it is unbelievable. so i think, yeah, a lot of corporate media, avi showed his graph the media is owned by five companies. >> [inaudible] >> five years ago. >> so yeah, i think they are responsible for a lot of this mischaracterization. things that come up in these cases are, that people are stealing data and stealing, you know, legally has, as an intent to deprive. when you're copying...
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he was being evaluated in a military also during the bush administration there was a similar kind of reluctance. i think it would be very helpful and healthy if the situation was described correctly. and i think it would move us to have a correct sense that it is very difficult. but we want them to protect us from the bombings, not protect us from possibly making a few mistakes about how you classify people. >> thank you mayor, thank you very much. i would raise two questions. my clock is ticking, but i think that is an important clarification, and i would indicate to you that many civilians were impacted at 430. and i am talking about how it is in no way workplace violence after the fact and those officers who were at the supervisors and they should have detected the erratic behavior. i argue that we must connect the dots. and if we have an aftermath of assessing what happens with that nature, then we need to indicate that the dots are not connected at fort hood. let me go to the other two witnesses right now. i would like you to expand on this as the mayor has indicated, what we ca
he was being evaluated in a military also during the bush administration there was a similar kind of reluctance. i think it would be very helpful and healthy if the situation was described correctly. and i think it would move us to have a correct sense that it is very difficult. but we want them to protect us from the bombings, not protect us from possibly making a few mistakes about how you classify people. >> thank you mayor, thank you very much. i would raise two questions. my clock is...
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drone strikes that the bush administration was conducting once he took office and actually went -- [inaudible] than president bush did speak with i think there's very good things that president obama has done. i think there are things i strongly disagree that president obama has done. i particularly believed that the drone program has been an effective program. i don't know the program in great detail. there's an awful lot about it that is classified. i do know exactly the choices are made about who is targeted for attack and who isn't. but if you ask me in general, don't think the drone program is a good thing, i do and i think it's a necessary one. >> i would more just one of the program certain has escalated since president bush left office and -- >> yes, i don't want to get contentious but i do have one issue with it may be coming outt it from were i come at it, which is it was such a tremendous amount of concern in capturing terrorists and subjecting them to intensive questioning, including the three or four that were waterboarded. and now, of course, we have chilled many, many
drone strikes that the bush administration was conducting once he took office and actually went -- [inaudible] than president bush did speak with i think there's very good things that president obama has done. i think there are things i strongly disagree that president obama has done. i particularly believed that the drone program has been an effective program. i don't know the program in great detail. there's an awful lot about it that is classified. i do know exactly the choices are made...
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during president bush's administration today is during president clinton's administration in five days. again president obama says ben given due consideration his nominees have been moved forward very rapidly. in this term, in a second term president, has confirmed 28 judges. the senate has confirmed 28 judges compared to 10 judges in president bush's second term. this manufactured crisis and i'm not the only one that believes the nuclear option would be incredibly damaging. this is the word of majority leader harry reid when he wrote a book in march of 2009. the nuclear option was the most important issue i have ever worked on in my entire career. if that had gone forward it would have destroyed the senate as we know it. it's not the only thing harry reid has mentioned about rigging the rules to change the rules. he said in violating 270 meters is standard procedure in the senate changing the rules by breaking the rules is as far as you can get with the constitutional option necessary for people to suggest you can break the rules to change the rules as un-american. the only way can ch
during president bush's administration today is during president clinton's administration in five days. again president obama says ben given due consideration his nominees have been moved forward very rapidly. in this term, in a second term president, has confirmed 28 judges. the senate has confirmed 28 judges compared to 10 judges in president bush's second term. this manufactured crisis and i'm not the only one that believes the nuclear option would be incredibly damaging. this is the word of...
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and his administration particularly the department of homeland security and the department of justice for the invaluable assistance boston received before, during and after this tragic event. preparedness training provided for the federal funding set a framework for multiple jurisdictions to work with one another in a highly effective manner. these agencies including the ems and medical personnel utilize the shield training, exercises and several tables of exercises to collaborate the area similar to those that occurred in the investigation to the importance of the training is best illustrated in the efficiency and success to be the trimmings and testing procedures revealed operational issues and allowed us to correct them prior to april 15th. the funding also provided highly trained analysts in the regional intelligence center critical to the department's daily decision making intelligence gathering deployment and information flow coordination and communication with law enforcement and other responders. boston received important technology that wouldn't be possible without the federa
and his administration particularly the department of homeland security and the department of justice for the invaluable assistance boston received before, during and after this tragic event. preparedness training provided for the federal funding set a framework for multiple jurisdictions to work with one another in a highly effective manner. these agencies including the ems and medical personnel utilize the shield training, exercises and several tables of exercises to collaborate the area...
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certainly not in the obama administration when it comes to surveillance. and that it has expanded what surveillance can be. and the definition of surveillance. >> stephanie: you know, it feels like a circular argument. i was saying you know, i was talking about being on vacation and talking to a guy who is a liberal rachel maddow fan who thinks snowden is a traitor and said we should send in a drone and take him out. >> based on what? >> stephanie: that's what i'm saying rude. these are people -- we've got people on both sides -- michael moore and glenn beck agreeing that snowden's a hero. where do you fall on all of this stuff? it is hard -- go ahead. >> well, you know, i will say to an extent, i kind of don't give a crap about snowden at this point. you know, first of all any information that he was going to give he's given already. there's nothing else he can do. he is not any kind of active -- even if you want to call him a traitor, he's not an active traitor right now. so i'm more concerned with what do we do now that we know and i've said before, the
certainly not in the obama administration when it comes to surveillance. and that it has expanded what surveillance can be. and the definition of surveillance. >> stephanie: you know, it feels like a circular argument. i was saying you know, i was talking about being on vacation and talking to a guy who is a liberal rachel maddow fan who thinks snowden is a traitor and said we should send in a drone and take him out. >> based on what? >> stephanie: that's what i'm saying rude....
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one of the levers is the military aid and at this point the obama administration should be talking about conditioning it if there is a massacre like we saw yesterday repeated, they've got to get serious about cutting off military aid or at least we do see suspending the flow of that aid. not cutting it off entirely but using it as a lever to try to -- insist that the military reign in the troops that were the ones that opened fire on these protestors. >> bill: joe cirincione from the ploughshares fund. some people criticize president obama for not speaking out himself about the situation in egypt. but then again what could he say? 1-866-55-press. your comments. john mccain says we ought to just cut off aid to egypt. that's the answer. hot head mccain. he's always got an answer to everything, doesn't he? your comments next. >> announcer: connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> has the time finally come for real imm
one of the levers is the military aid and at this point the obama administration should be talking about conditioning it if there is a massacre like we saw yesterday repeated, they've got to get serious about cutting off military aid or at least we do see suspending the flow of that aid. not cutting it off entirely but using it as a lever to try to -- insist that the military reign in the troops that were the ones that opened fire on these protestors. >> bill: joe cirincione from the...
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the obama administration hopes to run out the clock thinking a new scandal will take the place here. i think they are misguided. the reality is a lot of emotion was tied up in the 2012 election and a lot of people understandably feel the irs has blunted the obama ground game d may have changed the result. the longer they wait, the longer they delay the scandal grs. the fact is the fbi director seemed unprepared to even answer questions about this when he was questioned about it long of a it became public. let's pay a slot for those who have forgotten about fbi director muller answering what he was doing about this problem. >> tell me the lead investigator is? >> off the top of my head no. >> this is the most important issue and you don't know who is heading the case, who the lead investigator is? >> at this juncture, no. >> can you get that information to us? how many people have you assigned to look into this situation. >> i have not had a recent briefing on it. >> the irs was used as a political tool to neutralize a political movement that had an affect on the 2010 election right b
the obama administration hopes to run out the clock thinking a new scandal will take the place here. i think they are misguided. the reality is a lot of emotion was tied up in the 2012 election and a lot of people understandably feel the irs has blunted the obama ground game d may have changed the result. the longer they wait, the longer they delay the scandal grs. the fact is the fbi director seemed unprepared to even answer questions about this when he was questioned about it long of a it...
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it's not just the obama administration, my friend. >> why are you guysicking on jersey? >> and the bigger point now -- >> that's why. >> we can make these people accountable. nobody is going to make them accountable. they say one thing and we find out there's ten more things. >> i think that if the american people, young or old, don't like what's going on, they can make a change, they can vote in people who are against it. i personally am not, not the nsa program. >> they thought they were. >> they thought they were is righ >> but if you're fine with it, fine. whatsoever. >> but if you look at the poll b, you ys, people don't care. it's kind of in a blip. young voters and -- >> oh, i strongly disagree. you see that, the young support for the government is at an all-time low for this administration. these are not imaginary polls. some of this is coming from news organizations you like. >> you absolutely are like, including this one. but i will say that the aggregate polling you look at, we can revisit that like you did last year, people are polling -- >> who are -- >> peo
it's not just the obama administration, my friend. >> why are you guysicking on jersey? >> and the bigger point now -- >> that's why. >> we can make these people accountable. nobody is going to make them accountable. they say one thing and we find out there's ten more things. >> i think that if the american people, young or old, don't like what's going on, they can make a change, they can vote in people who are against it. i personally am not, not the nsa program....
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the bottom line, people don't like it obama administration is trying to amend it to make it people like it, in process they will crumble the law. neil: we do have a history of fixing distrous laws. medicare, got their act together. but my point we have a history of fixing things that start off bumpez bumpy. >> every day we wake up to a new component of this law that is crumbling. neil: i'm putting you down as a maybe. >> i am undecided. >> it is going, the way that none of my colleagues want it to go, it will be the law. they will improve it, and tweak it. >> decrease quality of care. il: now i am not surprised that rush limbaugh hates you. >> he does? neil: you never know. fair and balance, and having fun. we'll see you tomorrow night, good night everyone. any last requests mr. baldwin? do you mind grabbing my phone and opening the capital one purchase eraser? i need to redeem some venture miles before my demise. okay. it's easy to erase any recent travel expense i want. just pick that flight right there. mmm hmmm. give it a few taps, and...it's taken care of. this is pretty easy, and
the bottom line, people don't like it obama administration is trying to amend it to make it people like it, in process they will crumble the law. neil: we do have a history of fixing distrous laws. medicare, got their act together. but my point we have a history of fixing things that start off bumpez bumpy. >> every day we wake up to a new component of this law that is crumbling. neil: i'm putting you down as a maybe. >> i am undecided. >> it is going, the way that none of my...
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forces left iraq after the obama administration failed to negotiate a status of forces agreement that would allow any u.s. troops to stay as a stabilizing force. in may alone, 1,000 iraqis were killed in sectarian violence making it the most violent month in iraq since before the surges in 2007. >> this is about afghanistan, not iraq. >> meanwhile the taliban has closes it's office in qatar after if the karzai balked that it was setting up a government in exile. >>> a hearing is just about to conclude with the army office -- major nadal hassan is charged with 13 counts of murder. he has asked the judge for permission to tell the juror that he's being made to wear a military uniform. >>> today the defense explained to the court how he did it. bill keating is in sanford, florida again tonight. >> for the third time in the trial, jurors watched defense attorneys carry out the hood yiz -- this time used by george zimmer marp's defense along with a fruit drink martin had in his pocket to bolster zimmerman's description of what happened. that margin on top straddling zimmerman during the la
forces left iraq after the obama administration failed to negotiate a status of forces agreement that would allow any u.s. troops to stay as a stabilizing force. in may alone, 1,000 iraqis were killed in sectarian violence making it the most violent month in iraq since before the surges in 2007. >> this is about afghanistan, not iraq. >> meanwhile the taliban has closes it's office in qatar after if the karzai balked that it was setting up a government in exile. >>> a...
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white house press secretary jay carney says the obama administration is not willing to call this move a coup. >> we'll take the time necessary to review what has taken place and monitor effort by egyptian authorities to forge an inclose yuf and democratic way forward. i think it would not be in the best interests of the united states to immediately change our assistance programs to egypt. not just i, we think it would not in the best interests of the united states to do that. martha: let's see what kentucky senator rand paul thinks about this. welcome back to the program. what's your reaction to what jay carney had to say? >> let me translate what jay carney is saying. he's saying i'm going to ignore the law. the law says that when a military coup happens foreign aid should end. we are not suppose to be in favor of supporting military overthrow of democrat you canally elected government. i'm no fan of the muslim brotherhood because i don't think they should have been given money because they appeared after a military coup as well. the president is flouting the law and saying i'm above
white house press secretary jay carney says the obama administration is not willing to call this move a coup. >> we'll take the time necessary to review what has taken place and monitor effort by egyptian authorities to forge an inclose yuf and democratic way forward. i think it would not be in the best interests of the united states to immediately change our assistance programs to egypt. not just i, we think it would not in the best interests of the united states to do that. martha:...
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. >> in may the obama administration released 100 pages. they labored through 12 versions of the talking points that guided u.n. ambassador susan rice through the talking shows. that's when she pressed the false narrative that benghazi was not a terrorist but a protest gone awry. she pushed her colleagues to strike all references to the involve md of al qaeda-linked terrorists. these revisions don't resolve all meese issued. they are consulting with national security staff. >> can you just tell me who that building leadership was? who you're referring to there? >> the only person that i consulted with that night was my regular reporting channel. >> and that person is? >> at the time, that was jake sullivan. >> sullivan at the time was deputy chief of staff to then secretary of state clinton. rupp senator rand paul of kentucky sought in vain for evidence to support the allegation that cia personnel in benghazi were covertly running weapons to the syrian rebel. >> there are many of us who believe it had to do with an arm strike that was going
. >> in may the obama administration released 100 pages. they labored through 12 versions of the talking points that guided u.n. ambassador susan rice through the talking shows. that's when she pressed the false narrative that benghazi was not a terrorist but a protest gone awry. she pushed her colleagues to strike all references to the involve md of al qaeda-linked terrorists. these revisions don't resolve all meese issued. they are consulting with national security staff. >> can...
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how should the obama administration react to all of this? >> ralph peters joins us live from washington. it is not clear that we are having any influence on the events. what should our policy be? >> given the incompetence, washington gets wrapped up in the day-to-day events and loses perspective. but what we just saw was a bigger victory for civilization than the death of bin laden. it was important, but we saw tens of millions of muslims reject the constitution and the brotherhood. what those tens of millions of people were saying wasn't that they had buyer's remorse but they want to be part of the modern descent world this is huge and everywhere they are in a panic. >> despite the turmoil we are seeing on our screen, let's talk about the money. in 2009 more than $1 billion every year this year, $1.3 billion you think we should continue to send that now. >> i think we should cut it back. but now that egyptians are taking the country's fate in their own hands, and again, both of you know that the media and our government are like dogs that g
how should the obama administration react to all of this? >> ralph peters joins us live from washington. it is not clear that we are having any influence on the events. what should our policy be? >> given the incompetence, washington gets wrapped up in the day-to-day events and loses perspective. but what we just saw was a bigger victory for civilization than the death of bin laden. it was important, but we saw tens of millions of muslims reject the constitution and the brotherhood....
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gregg: we are expecting an announcement from the obama administration via a conference call. martha: this comes as the obama administration considers delaying the mandate for individual as well. they don't want the president to pick and choose parts of this law to enforce. >> we sent a letter to the president asking him to justify a delay in the employer mandate while leaving in place the mandate on individuals and families. if businesses can get relief, individuals should get relief as well. handing out subsidies is open to massive fraud and abuse. having the subsidies without any verification is opening the system up to all kinds of corruptions. we need to protect the american people from this law permanently. >> we strongly agree that this bill can't be implemented at this time. but we have an even stronger disagreement with this president that a time delay is going to fix the fundamental flaws in this bill. but as the president took this action and the unfairness it dealt to the american people, the house will respond to correct that injustice. martha: alan colmes and ric
gregg: we are expecting an announcement from the obama administration via a conference call. martha: this comes as the obama administration considers delaying the mandate for individual as well. they don't want the president to pick and choose parts of this law to enforce. >> we sent a letter to the president asking him to justify a delay in the employer mandate while leaving in place the mandate on individuals and families. if businesses can get relief, individuals should get relief as...
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the obama administration is watching this ongoing situation closely but proceeding cautiously. california democrat congressman adam schiff joins us and trey radel. congressman schiff, what do you think of john mccain's decision? he said it was a long thought out one but says for now we need to stop aid to egypt? >> a popular coup but nonetheless it as coup. i think congress and the administration need to work together to provide a vehicle to allow the presumption of the aid when they restore a temptally elected government. the administration is right not to pick sides here but ought to be pushing for the release of journalists and opposition figures and a swift return to a democratic process. a difficult tense situation. we can be a restraining influence on the violence there. we don't want to pick sides but we do have to follow the law and that means at least for the meanwhile a suspension of our aid. >> shannon: congressman, where to you come down on this because there is another school of thought if we stop the aid to the military we lose one of the only connections the u.s.
the obama administration is watching this ongoing situation closely but proceeding cautiously. california democrat congressman adam schiff joins us and trey radel. congressman schiff, what do you think of john mccain's decision? he said it was a long thought out one but says for now we need to stop aid to egypt? >> a popular coup but nonetheless it as coup. i think congress and the administration need to work together to provide a vehicle to allow the presumption of the aid when they...
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. >> politically, republicans are using the delay to accuse the obama administration of favoring big businesses at the expense of individual americans. house speaker john boehner promises another vote to try and repeal the individual mandate. officials here don't expect it to have any more impact than the 40 other house votes to repeal all or parts of obama care, shepard. >> shepard: wendell, thanks. a first listen now to a former professional baseball player's 911 call moments after the ball player's wife reportedly burst into his bedroom and threatened him with a gun. he is the former mets and pirates'' pitcher chris benson. he says his then estranged wife entered his home wearing a bullet-proof vest and had a metal be ton. when she asked him to get her a lighter for her cigarette he ran into the basement and called the police. >> my soon to be ex-wife has gotten into my house and she has brannished a gun. >> she has a gun? >> yes. >> where is she right now? >> she is in the house and i'm down stairs in the basement. >> has she threatened you with that gun? >> yes. >> shepard: poli
. >> politically, republicans are using the delay to accuse the obama administration of favoring big businesses at the expense of individual americans. house speaker john boehner promises another vote to try and repeal the individual mandate. officials here don't expect it to have any more impact than the 40 other house votes to repeal all or parts of obama care, shepard. >> shepard: wendell, thanks. a first listen now to a former professional baseball player's 911 call moments...
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. >>> the obama administration in the meantime announced its latest effort to enroll people in the new health care law. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said $150 million will go to community health centers to help sign people up for coverage. this is happening at the same time house republicans are pushing for a vote to delay the individual mandate because the employer mandate is also delayed. >>> house republicans want to dramatically reduce the budget for the irs by up to $3 billion. this comes as lawmakers craft a new government spending bill. a live report on that new showdown is coming up. jon: another major story we're keeping an eye on in, tropical storm chantal. it is moving rapidly, barreling toward the dominican republic and haiti, threatening to bring a lot of rain and potential flooding to that island. meteorologist maria molina in the fox weather center. >> reporter: yes, that's right, we're tracking chan that'll, and we did get an update on the forecast track, and now we're thinking the storm system should track farther westward, so we'll show that t
. >>> the obama administration in the meantime announced its latest effort to enroll people in the new health care law. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said $150 million will go to community health centers to help sign people up for coverage. this is happening at the same time house republicans are pushing for a vote to delay the individual mandate because the employer mandate is also delayed. >>> house republicans want to dramatically reduce the budget...
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jon: well the obama administration provides a big opening for republicans after the white house announcement last week that it will delay fraud prevention measures in the new health care law until after the 2014 midterm elections. house law makings are gearing up for a hearing to push back the mandate for providing health coverage for employers. rich lowery, fox news contributor, and a big fan of the president's health care law. no, i made that last part up. we find out that this employer mandate is not going to be enforced, the white house says for another year. valerie jarrett says it is all fine. everything is still going according to plan. >> seems to matter just black letter law, in this law that you had to set up the, had to get employer mandate underway now. and this is just another case, jon, where they seem to be rewriting law on the fly and it relates to the latest change which there's not, they're not going to verify the people who get on the exchanges whether they're really eligible for them which seems to fail the most basic test of good government. so all this just means that t
jon: well the obama administration provides a big opening for republicans after the white house announcement last week that it will delay fraud prevention measures in the new health care law until after the 2014 midterm elections. house law makings are gearing up for a hearing to push back the mandate for providing health coverage for employers. rich lowery, fox news contributor, and a big fan of the president's health care law. no, i made that last part up. we find out that this employer...